Today is almost the end of financial year – woot woo! And I almost participated in a fun run on the weekend. I played hookie from Run Melbourne. Originally it was something new I had wanted to try and back when I entered, the ambitious time and distance group I had registered in were selected with motivational sentiment. But when my tepid training regimen was derailed by a family emergency I found the time and energy to train very difficult to muster. After this had gone on for a few weeks I eventually decided to stop beating myself up about it. At one point I thought I would just suck it up and struggle through but in the back of my mind I knew during and after I would be just like an underdone cake. So on the morning of the event I gave my alarm clock (and the brisk morning) a two fingered salute and stayed home. I only made it as far as the nearest coffee-and-Sunday-paper cafe (after some quality time on the sofa) but today taught the over-extended me an important lesson; sometimes it’s ok to say no. Sometimes you even need to.